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What's the number of things that we can count instataneously and intuitively. What's your number in your opinion? It would appear as though it's three or four.
by kzrdude 3y ago
What's the number of things that we can count instataneously and intuitively. What's your number in your opinion?
It would appear as though it's three or four. I look over to some series of things, if it's exactly two or three, I know that pattern, if it's more, I have to make out groupings of two or three. I think even for four or five we might do this habitually?
- Drakim 3y agoFor me it's four, my brain just instantly recognizes that there are four things, that instant pairing of pairings: oooo Five is a bit more iffy, I can obviously tell quickly that there are five things, but then it feels like it's my 3 and 2 pattern recognition kicking in plus some addition math: ooo oo. If you spread the objects out in a weird way where I don't see that 3+2 grouping then I have to count em.
- arketyp 3y agoMany years ago at a LAN party at my friend's house his father came in with a news article saying studies showed that gamers could develop a better sense for instantaneous assessment of count, up to 6 I vaguely recall. Anyhow I do remember reconsidering my aptitude, since for me it gets confusing with >= 5.
- ooterness 3y agoFor what it's worth, the upper limit for subitization varies quite a bit. The neurotypical limit is usually four, but can be raised with practice. Children with Down's Syndrome may not be able to subitize at all. Autistic savants can subitize up to thirty or more, with unconfirmed cases up to several hundred.